Response to CPU Vulnerabilities

Protecting your organization from Spectre and Meltdown

Information for Google Cloud Customers on CPU Vulnerabilities

Last year, Google’s Project Zero
team discovered serious security flaws caused by
“speculative execution,”
a technique used by most modern processors (CPUs) to optimize performance.
Independent researchers separately discovered and named these vulnerabilities
“Spectre” and “Meltdown.”

This page collects all the information that Google Cloud has made available to date
on these issues, our response, and steps you may take to protect your organization.